bootie
noun
boo·tie
variant spelling of bootee
and less common spelling of booty entry 2
: a usually ankle-length boot, slipper, or sock
especially
: an infant's knitted or crocheted sock
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Aaron left the hospital and drove to a local Walmart, entering the store with his formerly bare feet now cloaked in surgery booties, and purchased hedge trimmers big enough to snip down the branch.
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Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Nike’s Rejuven8 Run Jelly went sport-tech, reworking the brand’s 2008 recovery shoe as a translucent PVC cage with a removable mesh bootie — part water shoe, part cage sneaker, part Y2K recovery runner.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Diaper rash cream, chocolate brown baby booties and throat-soothing lollipops littered the hotel bed.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
What’s more, the combo is actually comfortable; of course, that depends on the shoes, but fitted sock booties like hers have been blowing up thanks to their, well, sock-like comfort.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
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Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Nike’s Rejuven8 Run Jelly went sport-tech, reworking the brand’s 2008 recovery shoe as a translucent PVC cage with a removable mesh bootie — part water shoe, part cage sneaker, part Y2K recovery runner.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Diaper rash cream, chocolate brown baby booties and throat-soothing lollipops littered the hotel bed.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
What’s more, the combo is actually comfortable; of course, that depends on the shoes, but fitted sock booties like hers have been blowing up thanks to their, well, sock-like comfort.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bootie
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“Bootie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bootie. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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